Catalina comet show that can be seen this weekend on Earth – BBC

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Image caption The Catalina comet will no longer be visible in February and will never know more of the.

The green light emitted by the comet Catalina while furrows the space can be seen as never before in the northern hemisphere this weekend.

Between 16 and 18 January, the giant rock discovered in 2013 will reach its perigee, which is its closest point to Earth path.

The show will sighting seen from Mexico and the United States more clearly.

At the time of perigee will not need to use a telescope to spot it, suffice binoculars and even the naked eye can see.

The comet Catalina (C / 2013 US10) then leave the solar system and be lost forever in the infinity.

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Image caption The comet may glimpsed with binoculars, small telescopes and even the naked eye.

“Catalina carries such a high speed that the sun can not catch it, but will have a hyperbolic fall that will leave the solar system and interstellar space to roam” said the Spanish astronomer Miquel Serra-Ricart EFE.

After February we will not know about it , so the scientific community hopes to collect as much data possible in the coming days.

NASA has indicated that it is a new celestial object.

There are two queues, one of dust and leaves behind another gas or ions.

As noted by the US space agency, the most interesting of this comet is that it provides information about the origins of the solar system

The NASA reported that brightness of the comet has intensified in recent days so spot it without binoculars or telescope will be possible in perigee dates after one in the morning.